Preparing for pregnancy (pdf) - Belfast Health and Social Care Trust

PREPARING FOR PREGNANCYHealthyLivingHealthyBaby• Mould ripened cheese eg. Brie, Camembert• Blue cheese eg. Stilton, Danish Blue• Unpasteurised milk and cheese or yoghurt made from it• Liver or foods made from liver eg. pâté• Cod liver oil• Raw shellfish• Ready prepared salads eg. coleslaw, pre-washed salad leaves.• Since August 2009 Government advice about eating peanutsduring pregnancy has changed. It is not clear from the latestscience if eating peanuts during pregnancy (or not eating them)affects the chances of your baby developing a peanut allergy. Thecurrent advice is that if you wish, you can choose to eat peanuts orfoods containing them, unless you are allergic to them yourself.Some other important food safety points are:• Wash all fruit and vegetables well• Keep all raw and cooked foods separate and covered• Store cooked foods above raw foods in the fridge• Wash hands and utensils well before handling foods or eating• Keep fridge temperature between 0-5C• Reheat ready to eat foods, chicken and turkey until piping hot• Cook all foods well• Cool cooked foods quickly if not going to be eaten immediatelyand then refrigerate• Eat foods before the ‘use by’ or ‘best before’date.Remember to relaxMake time to relax each day. This is important as stress can reduce yourchances of becoming pregnant.